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BEDFORD MATE TRIBU3TE, JLEDFOKD, OREGON. "UTDNESDAT. 'AUGUST 14. 1935.
READY MADE WIE
. BY CORALIE STANTON
y.vops;s; Bream Iinrli
does not approve of certain sugnes
lion made by Mark Albery. her
employer, the resitws. Albery hod
hern under the impression that
there had been something dnmnif
tna In the relationship between
Laurte and Rex Moore, Albery's
star aviator. Row i',aurle is telling
her former employer the whole
truth, and ia rather relieved to he
ahle to do ea, and very distrait at
e necessity.
CHE (lung th whole story at him,
, scornfully, nd h listened In
xmazemenU As Leurle's rich Tolce
rang out, he desired her more than
erer, and hated Rex Moore more than
ever, because It was so plain that she
loTed him and. would willingly tar
nish her own character to defend
his.
! "But why did Moore go on with
It?" he asked, when she had flnlshod.
"Because he said you'd never for
give him for deceiving you and pre
tending he had a wife. He said you
thought such a lot of yourself and
you couldn't stand being fooled, and
he said I'd done well out of being
his widow for two years, and I owed
It to him to help blm In his Job, now
that he had come back."
"You're a good pair of actors, I
must say," remarked Albery very
'quietly, but with a note of concealed
anger that frightened the girl. Then
he fixed his glowing dark eyes on
her. "And so It was all a pretens
'your married life?"
"It was a pretense," she said dully.
"We lived In the aame flat, because
'wo had to to keep It up. Mr, Al
bcry," she added, raising her voice,
"1'vo told you the truth, because I
will not allow you to misjudge Rex
Moore.
"He baa treated me wonderfully.
He forgave me for what was
wicked thing to do. It was not until
1 saw him that I realized J had been
a liar, a cheat, and a fraud. And I
deceived you, too, and I ought to be
sorry for that But I am not ao sorry,
because, after all, I did work for you
as well as I could."
"You need not be sorry, Laurie,'
he said, and in bis voice trembled
his overmastering passion for her,
which might have been a fine thing
but for its underlying madness. "I
think you are a wonderful girl. And
I know you did It all for your sis
ter." She was the most beautiful, the
most enchanting woman In the world
to him, as she sat there, so white, her
face working with such tragic emo
tlons.
"Laurie, wtll you be my wife?" he
lashr-il.
"Oil, no, Mr. Alhery, I could not
mnrry youl I don't care for you."
"I will take the risk." Ha spoke
slowly, suavely, as usual, and with
out sign of feeling. "You are (he only
woman I have ever asked to be my
wife. All my life I have had a preju
dice against marriage. The women I
met never soemed worth while. From
the first I loved you. Now I want to
marry you, to make you a part of my
llfo for good and all."
He came towards her, smiling, In
spired by his own vision of their fu
ture; but she waved him away.
"Mr. Alhery, 1 can't marry you.
Please don't say any more!"
"1 hope you will change your
mind," he said. lie himself was a
Ichangod man. Gone was every trace
of the admirer, the lover. Even the
friendly, considerate employer was
'TTB SAT down In an armchair and
1 looked at her with a face aa un
readable as the blank, sightless carv
lings on an old Egyptian (emple.
"1 cannot change my mind,"
Laurlo said.
'Terhaps when you have heard
what I have to say you may change
II," he remarked Impersonally. "Or
have you no Interest In Rex Mooro
any more, now that you are going to
part from him? Do you not care what
becomes of him? If he never achieves
bis ambitions? If his career comes to
an abrupt end? I thought you said
you owed him something."
"What do you mean?" she aaked In
a shocked voice.
"That unless you marry me, I will
ruin Itcx Moore. He will have no
mora career."
"You mean you wouldn't help him
any more?"
"Not only that, but 1 would pre
vent anybody else from helping him.
He will have no more backing from
anyone in (he world of aviation. No
money behind him. He will standi
FOR THIS SEASON
Oiling operations for tht year on
Jackson county roada hnv been
completed, providing 13', miles ot
oiled and emooth surfaces. In close
to a doen sections of the county.
It Is the start of the county court
five-year program for oiling. Next
year the same pollry will be pur
sued. Roads oiled this year Included the
Table Rock and Sams Valley sec
tions, the Airport road, Kings' High
way, IVnll Lane, the Taylor road,
west of Central Point and East
Mnln fcitfet In Ashland. In some In
stances the area through which the
road piui&cd , co-opera ted with the
county In payments for the oti:ny
Most of the roads oiled thi. :
were. In need of lnipro eiv. n
mv the ba.e. Durinv the two
that economy raged Ui road de
alone. And I will let the world know
the whole story of your pretty little
game that you and he have been
playing. Rex Moore as an airman
will cease to exist."
"There aro other people," she mur
mured fearfully.
"My dear girl, you know better
than .that You have been working
for the firm for two years, and pri
vately for me for quite a llttlu time.
You know that I and my friends
control practically all the air routes
of the world, the air fields, the fill
ing stations, the dumps In the des
erts and Jungles, the people who
keep the lines of communication on
Ian1. With me behind him. Rex
Moore will be the greatest airman of'
his time. Without me he might aal
well be dead."
Laurie clasped her bands In agony ; :
she could not take her eyes from hlsi
face.
Albery's gaze was fixed on her, un-i
smiling, mesmeric, "
"Do you wlBh that lo happen, or;
will you marry me? What do you
say?"
Laurie's brain moved In a tortured
circle. She thought she was going
mad for a few minutes. With Rex
she had been sale. He was a man of
honor. He was her hero; of him she
had nothing but beautiful memories
now. That he did not love her was
the last thing she could hold against
him.
"What do you say?" asked the
smooth voice again. "Come, it can't
be such a difficult choice.'"
A N'D then. It waa all clear to her
at once. There was only one
thing she could do. She must save
Rex Moore's career. His Job was his
life. And he was her life. It waa
simple.
"I will marry you, Mr. Albery,"
she said.
"You make me the happiest man
in tho world," he Informed hei, with
his flashing smile, hut In his heart
was rage rather than Joy. So she
loved Mooro aa much as that. Even
his overweening egotism could not
make him believe that she wanted
to marry him.
Laurie collected herself; slowly,
she waa able to think again. She had
recovered that cool poise that had
carried her through the strange situ
ations that had made up ber life.
'I must make some conditions,"
she sala She spoke as unemotional
ly as If she were addressing him In
the office on business mntters.
"Oh, so you make conditions!" Hli
tone was mocking but Indulgent. Hit
eyes devoured her eagerly. '
"I will marry you," said Laurie,
"but everything must go on as It Is.
Rex Moore and I must be supposed
not to get on and to have parted, anil
to be divorced later on In the ordl
nary way, as we have planned. You
must wait until It Is all settled."
"But that's preposterous! How
are you going to piny It out? If you're
supposed to be getting a divorce, poo
pie must hear about it. And thai
means. If you're supposed to start
proceedings at once, and get a de
cree, I couldn't marry you ostensibly
for six months! Something else will
have to be managed.
"I won't consent to anything (hat
rcfiecta on Rex Moore In any way,"
she said stubbornly.
You only (hlnk of him." In hli
eyes flamed his haired of tho man,
and this time she saw it, and shiv
ered, as the old premonition of evil
came back to her. "Of course, he'll
have to take the blame in any case,
In tho eyes of the world. You can't."
"No, of course, ho would not allow
me to do that," she snld. "Bu( It must
be managed so that there Is nothing
against him."
"My denr little girl," Albery urged,
'don't bother your head about ways
and means. Loave It to me. I'll fix It
up with Mooro. I can manage some
thing that people will swnllow whole.
"We'll save Rex Mooro's foce. And
you and I will slip away somewhere
quite quietly, where nobody knows
us, and get married by a registrar,
and nobody will be the wiser until
the time comes when we can an
nounce 11."
Laurie's clearness of mind desert
ed her. She stared at him In confu
sion. You mean you want me to mar
ry you soon?''
"My dear Utile girl, do you sup
pose a man who is madly In love
wants to wait months when the wo
man Is as free as air? It shall be
made perfectly fool-proof."
(Copyright. 1933, Coralie Stanton)
Laurie hia anothtr diaturblno
blow, tomorrow.
teriorated, and oiling waa neof .wiry
"to save the original Investment,"
A number of the main rural roads
are now badly "washboarded," and
will not be helped any by the tall
fruit hauling, now ready to start.
The budget for next year ts sched
uled to provide tor continuation ol
the oiling program, and may be
broadened. Country residents travel
tnu over oiled sections have been
Impressed by It efficacy, and want
smooth routes by their places.
County road work Is now prac
tically at a standstill. Work has
started on the rebuilding and re
pairing of bridges in the county,
and wtll be finished before fall
rains, if any. come.
HOWARD SCHOOL MADE
READY FOR OPENING
The Howard school ts undergoing a
complete clean-up In preparation for
tho opening of school, which has been
postponed until September P, The
basements are being repainted, the
halls and room fcalsomlned, A new
back-stop erected for the boys base
ball grounds, floor varnished and
pounds cleaned up.
A ery lare ntit-iKl.Tn. f ( rpevicd
at the ppming of r!u.M
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EXPERT DECLARES
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Before the advent of paved roads In
pear valley, when the good people
drank from Hal ley's pump and loldlea
elevated their skolts only In crossing
muddy streets, the Idler responsible
for this make classic waa running
loose In the ridges hereabouts prying
Into the ways of wild things. Natur
ally the buzz snake came In for ob
servationas one simply must do
something about It when the buzzer
warns you. The effect Is similar to
a speed cop's siren anything but
soothing. After dark the effect Is
Intensified in all ways, even to such ft
degree as to cause a slow and serene
fat man to practice running his very
best.
If It were possible to measure my
wlaln rattlers In the tried and true
end-to-end manner their length
would make the famous Isaacs flsh
llne look like a short end from a
remnant counter and probably girdle
Roxy Anno to boot. The following
notes are, therefore, based on exten
sive, yea 1 n te nsl ve , research from
Crater Lake to Oregon Caves and
ridges north, south, ea.it and west.
The largest rattler killed by the
writer had 16 rattles and was not
quite four feet long (May 13, 1035.
near Table Rock). The largest known
to me was killed on A pp legate river
and sported 22 rattles. This orna
ment was exhibited In Jacksonville, a
mining town with a past, and a large
future. The Oregon rattler rarely ex- i
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rocket ror WW ueai's
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Jceeda four feet In lengtfi while alive.
They increase rapidly In atze as a rule
after being killed.
They may be found most commonly
on rocky waste lands at all altitudes
up to 6000 feet on the Rogue river
watershed, and range above 6000 feet
altitude further south.
During six seasons April to Sep
tember while employed on rodent
'control work In rattlesnake country
; my average kill was very close to one
'per week. This, however, docs not
include "dens" destroyed by using a
i light dynamite charge,
j During two weeks In May. 1032. my
, average daily kill was nine rattlers.
This on a rocky ridge abot six miles
in length. Blasting on road work
below brought the eriakes to the sur
face In this Instance.
Unless a rattlesnake Is startled by a
sudden Intrusion their natural move
is to escape, A deliberate attack by
a rattler Is a very rare occurence.
Being by nature of comparatively
slow movement, the rattler, In the
absence of a suitable place to which
to retreat, Immediately proceeds to
coll up his fighting attitude. Then
look outl His striking range It up
wards to 18 Inches, and the warning
Married?
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J i ? St.irfl oeoriisr'l i a friend of
T -Ulis? Uear ; Ht- ! TDictatress
buzz Is not always sounded before he
strikes.
Many persons Imagine that the lar
! ger the rattler the more danger. Such
j Is not the case. The eight-Inch rat
tler with a mere button on Its end Is
' much more likely to strike and its
tiny fangs may cause acute suffering
or death. Still the average outdoors-
! man has about 1000 to 1 chances of
being crippled or killed In his car
rather than by the overly -dreaded
rattlesnake. J. H. K.
MRS. STRANG TO SING
AT G. PASS CONCERT
Mrs. Elsie Carlton Strang, popular
Medford soprano, wilt be a featured
soloist on the program of the band
concert at Riverside park in Grants
Pass tonight. Mrs. Strang has con
sented to sing several numbers at
the concert, one of a series prov
ing tremendously popular in the
Climate City.
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Call for Warrant 4
School Dist. No. 20
Warrants No. 607-613 Inclusive pay
able at Farmers & Fruitgrower Bank.
Interest to cease August 15, 1935.
8. S. ABBOTT. Clerk.
THE WORLD AT ITS WORST
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IUaT speculative air which, you KNOW
FROM EXPERIENCE, MEANS 'fUM' -THE ECE?,S
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AND YOl) WILL SPEND HE
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By GLUYAS W1LL1AM3
Williams
By Harry J. TuthiU
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MJdV.riid
excited, your
Highness. He
wAf married
in 1935. But
this is. of
course.
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